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UPI
09-06-2025
- General
- UPI
Clerk helps Michigan woman pick out $500,000 lottery ticket
Michigan resident Amanda Hughes said she bought a scratch-off lottery ticket suggested by a store clerk and scored a $500,000 prize. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery June 9 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman took a store clerk's suggestion and bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned her a $500,000 prize. Amanda Hughes, 42, who lives in the unincorporated community of Gwinn in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, told Michigan Lottery officials she visited the Kwik Trip on M-553 in Marquette to buy a scratch-off ticket that turned out to be out of stock. "I don't play scratch off tickets a lot, but I do buy one every once in a while," Hughes said. "When I was at the store, I asked for the $20 Wild Time game, but they had sold out of it, so the clerk suggested 50X Wild Time." Hughes took the clerk's suggestion -- and discovered it was a lucky move. "When I scratched the ticket off and saw the prize of $500,000, I wasn't sure if it was real at first," she said. "I thought I must not have read the instructions correctly, so I reread them and then went back into the store to scan the ticket and have the clerk look at it. It was surreal when I realized I really had just won $500,000!" Hughes said her prize money will go toward buying a house and saving for her children. "I still can't believe this is real! This money is going to be life changing for my family," she said.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Michigan woman wins $500K scratch-off jackpot after store clerk's suggestion
An Upper Peninsula woman won a $500,000 lottery jackpot thanks to a suggestion from a store clerk. Amanda Hughes, 42, of Gwinn, bought her winning Wild Time 50X instant ticket at Kwik Trip, located at 301 M-553 in Marquette. "I don't play scratch-off tickets a lot, but I do buy one every once in a while," said Hughes in a news release. "When I was at the store, I asked for the $20 Wild Time game, but they had sold out of it, so the clerk suggested 50X Wild Time. "When I scratched the ticket off and saw the prize of $500,000, I wasn't sure if it was real at first. I thought I must not have read the instructions correctly, so I reread them and then went back into the store to scan the ticket and have the clerk look at it. It was surreal when I realized I really had just won $500,000!" With her winnings, Hughes plans to buy a house and then save the rest for her children. "I still can't believe this is real! This money is going to be life-changing for my family," said Hughes. Since the game launched in February 2024, players have won more than $67 million playing 50X Wild Time, according to the Michigan Lottery. Each $10 ticket gives players the chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $500,000. More than $24 million in prizes remain up for grabs, including 52 $10,000 prizes.
CBS News
17-04-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Wayne County woman wins top prize in Michigan Lottery instant game
A Metro Detroit woman won $500,000 playing a Michigan Lottery instant game, state lottery officials reported Thursday. The 52-year-old Wayne County resident, who chose to remain anonymous, bought her winning ticket for the 50X Wild Time game at Nick's Petroleum on West Warren Avenue in Dearborn. The amount is the top prize for that scratch-off lottery game. "I went to the gas station with $15 in my pocket and had a good feeling about the number 13, so I asked the worker for one of the tickets in the bin labeled 13," the player told lottery officials. "She handed me a 50X Wild Time ticket and I won $15, so I bought another. I almost had a heart attack when I thought I'd won $50,000, then I put on my glasses and realized I'd actually won $500,000!" When the woman visited lottery headquarters to claim her prize, she said she plans to buy a house, start a small business and make some plans for her children's future with her winnings. The 50X Wild Time game launched in 2024. Tickets cost $10, with prizes ranging in amounts from $10 to $500,000.
